Order crane



Nov, 25, 1930.v

B. M. PERKINS ORDER cRANE Fi 1ed April 1e', 1929 Inventor Attorney Nov.25, 1930... B, M., PERKINS 1,782,936

. ORDER CRANE Filed April 16, 1929 5 Sheets-Sheetv 2 In venor AttorneyNov.'25, 1930. v B. M. PERKINS 1,782,935.

ORDER CRANE A Filed April 16, 1929 3 Sl'leetS-Sl'lee(l 5 AttorneyPatented Nov. 25, 1930 BRAYTON M. PERKINS, or MoUNiis, UTAH ORDER CRANEA Application led April 16,

The present inventionrelates to an Order crane and is used for `catchingtrain orders v and messages by a moving train and the prime object oftherinvention is to eliminate the 5 danger to the operators who have tohand them up to the fast moving train and the danger to the trainmanwhohas to catch them andthe device also eliminates delay to trains onaccount of missing the hoop and having to 10 stop which often` happenswhen hooping them up by hand. V

Most all railroads hoop up their orders and messagesby hand, which isdangerous to all concerned.

. Another important object of the device is for a hoop to be positionedin a given place and as it is taken out anotherl hoop is thrown in thesame place or position until the re-` quired number have been caught.Some trains require four or live hooks but mostly two or three accordingto the rules of the re spective railroads.

Another very important object of the inv'vention resides in theprovision of an order craneof this nature;V which is exceedingly simplein its construction, inexpensive to manufacture, strong and durable,thoroughly eicient and reliable in use and operation, and otherwise welladapted to the purpose for p which it is designed.

lVith the above and numerous other objects in view,as will appear as thedescription prop ceeds, the invention resides in certain novel featuresof construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

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. Figure l is a side elevation of an order crane embodying the featureso f my invention, Figure 2 is an edge elevation thereof, Figure 3 is jafragmentary vertical section therethrough,

Figure 4 is a sectional View taken substan- Y `tially on the line HofFigure 3,

p Figure 5 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 5-5ofFigure 1, p

f Figure 6 is a detail view-of the lower end of theshank of the hok, `5o

Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 4 showing another embodiment of theinvention, and

1929. serial 116,355,444;

Figure 8 is aper'spective view of one of f the clip members. p p

ldeferring tothe drawings in detail it will be seen that numeral 5denotes `a standard with aiiupper U-shaped end 6 havinga stationaryshaft 7 extendingbetween'the terminals thereof. A disk 8 islixed to theshaft.

A pair of plates of circular construction 9 are rotatable on the shaftone to each side of` the disk 8 and have a'plurality of `clips 10arranged in spaced pairs. 1

Fillers lllare disposed between the pairs of clips, and an'arcuatefiller 12 is disposed between portions of the plates. An arcuate weightelement 14 is also disposed-.between portions of the plates.. The diskis formed with a shoulder 15` and*` the weight 14 is dis-` posed so astonormally urge the `plates to rotatejin one direction so that a pair ofclips 10 as shown in Figure 4 would be adjacent the shoulder 15. i

A pluralityof order hoops 16 havethe eX- tremities of their shanksinserted'between the clips'andfthe first one-of thehoops has itsterminal engagedV with the shoulder V15. Therefore when thefirst `one isremoved the weight causes the `rotation of the plate to put the nextorder hoop in place and so-forth until the final hoop is in place. IInstead of the weight 14 the filler 12 may be made larger and the weighteliminated and in this -case a spring 14. is anchored to the peripheryof the disk and between the plates toattain'the same voperation `andobject. p

A bracket 20 extends upwardly from one side of the U-shapedend 6 andsupports a lamp 21 at the upper end thereof.

It is thought that the construction, operation, utility and advantagesof this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in thisart. To avoiddanger to traininen in leaning out to catch the hoop, anartilicial arm similar to the mail tra-in arm can be placed on the trainto catch the hoop.

It will-be apparent that changes in the dev tails of construction, andin the .combination and arrangement of parts lmay be resorted to withoutdeparting from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafterclaimed or sacrificing any. of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a supporting` structure, ashaft on the supporting structure, a pair of plates rotatable on theshaft and means urging said plates to rotate in one directio-n, clipsfixed between the peripheral portions of the plates and arranged inspaced pairs to receive shanks of order hoops, a disk fixed on saidshaft with a shoulder formed on said disk with which the extremities ofthe order hoop shanks may engage.

2. A device of the class described comprising a supporting structure, a.shaft on the supporting structure, a. pair of plates rotatable on theshaft, clips Afixed between the peripheral portions of the plates andarranged in spaced pairs to receive the shanks of order hoops, a diskfixed on said shaft With a shoulder formed on said disk with which theextremities of the order hook shanlrs may engage, a Weight attached tothe plates urging rotation of said pla-tes as the order hoops arereleased from the clip, so that said order hoops Will be successivelyand automatically placed in a predetermined position.

8. A device of the class described comprising a shaft, supporting meanstherefor, a. plate rotatable on the shaft, an annular series of clipscarried by said plate and adapted to receive the Shanks of train orderhoops, a member fixed on said shaft, means carried by the plate normallyurging the plate to rotate in one direction as the order hoops arereleased from the clips, so that said order hoops will have theterminals thereof suo cessively brought into engagement with said memberfor limiting rotation of said plate in said one direction.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

BRAYTON M. PERKINS.

